Welcome to CCPTP

Article I. Name. The name of this organization shall be the Council 

of Counseling Psychology Training Programs, hereafter referred to as 

the Council.

Article II. Purpose. The purpose of the Council is to foster the 

advancement of education in counseling psychology in all its aspects. 

This purpose encompasses, but is not limited by, the following 

specific objectives:

               1. To represent the interests of counseling psychology training 

                  programs in functions of the American Psychological Association 

                  and other organizations which are relevant to graduate and 

                  continuing education in counseling psychology.

               2. To disseminate information on the training, roles, and 

                  concerns of counseling psychologists.

               3. To provide liaison between the Council and other professional 

                  groups with similar interests.

               4. To participate in the formulation of policies concerning 

                  education in counseling psychology.

               5. To provide consultative resources regarding education in 

                  counseling psychology.

               6. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, this 

                  organization shall not carry on any other activities not 

                  permitted to be carried on by an organization exempt from 

                  Federal income tax under section 501 (C) (3) of the Internal

                  Revenue Code of 1954 or any future United States Internal 

                  Revenue law.

Article III. Membership. There shall be three classes of membership in 

the Council.

  1.  Institutional Member. Through the director of training, or 

      his/her designated representative, any doctoral level 

      training program in counseling psychology is eligible for 

      Council membership. The program may be either an APA-

      accredited counseling psychology training program, or a 

      program which (a) defines itself as a counseling psychology 

      training program and (b) has a required curriculum largely 

      consistent with APA requirements. Membership shall be
      
      confirmed upon receipt of dues for the current year. Any
      
      member program subsequently failing to maintain the above
      
      conditions for membership may be dismissed from the Council
      
      by a two-thirds vote of the Board.

    
   2. Individual Member. Any individual faculty member in a member 

      program (institutional or informational) is eligible for individual 

      membership in CCPTP. Individual members may attend meetings 

      of the council but shall not have voting privileges. Individuals not 

      meeting these criteria may petition the Board for membership 

      based on special circumstances. Persons granted individual 

      membership prior to February 2003 may continue their membership 

      so long as it remains continuously current.

      
   3. Informational-Institutional Member. Any program not meeting 

      the institutional membership criteria is eligible for 

      informational-institutional membership on the Council. 

      Designated representatives of such programs may attend 

      meetings of the Council and/or its Board, but shall not have

      voting privileges on the Council or Board.

Article IV. Board and Officers. The Board shall serve as the governing 

body of the Council and conduct its business at meetings, or by 

correspondence, and report its actions, or represent the membership to 

take action, at the Annual Business Meeting. The Board shall be 

constituted as follows:

               1. Board Members. Members of the Board shall be limited to those 

                  [holding institutional memberships in the Council] individuals 

                  representing, at the time of their election, institutional 

                  members of the Council. Only Board members have voting 

                  privileges on Board affairs.

                               a. There shall be nine elected members of the Board.

                               b. The term of a Board member shall be three years; Board

                                  members may not serve more than two terms (or one 

                                  term and a fraction of a term) consecutively. The 

                                 term of each newly elected Board member begins, and 

                                  that of each outgoing member ends, at the conclusion 

                      of the regular Annual Business Meeting of the Council.

                               c. Three members of the Board shall be elected by the 

                                 membership of the Council each year.

                               d. A Board member unable to complete an elected term, 

                                  or an appointment to fill a vacancy, shall submit a 

                                  written resignation to the Chairperson of the Board.

               2. Appointed Officers. Officers shall be appointed by the Board

                  only from the Council's membership. Such officers shall 

                  serve at the pleasure of the Board of the Council. Appointed

                  officers have no voting privileges on Board affairs, unless

                  they are concurrently elected Board members.

                               a. Executive Officer. The Board may elect to delegate 

                                 to the Executive Officer the power to represent the 

                                  Council in all of its affairs. The person appointed 

                                  Executive Officer shall by manner of propinquity (or

                                  other means) be available to represent the Council 

                                  in Washington, D.C., on all matters relating to the 

                                  Council.

                               b. The Board may from time to time appoint other officers

                                  to serve at its pleasure.

               3. Officers of the Board.

                               a. The Board convenes during the regular Annual 

                                  Business Meeting of the Council each year to elect a

                                  Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer from its 

                                  own membership to serve until the conclusion of the 

                                  next Annual Business Meeting of the Council.

                               b. The Chairperson shall preside at all Board meetings 

                                  and at the Annual Business Meeting of the Council. 

                                  The Chair shall exercise general supervision over 

                                  all affairs of the Council not designated to others.

                                  At the Annual Business Meeting the Chairperson shall

                                  present a statement summarizing the affairs of the 

                                  Council over the last year. This statement shall also

                                  be distributed to all members of the Council.

                               c. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Council

                                  and the Board; and keep the minutes of the meetings 

                                  of the Council and the Board.

                                  The term of the Secretary shall be one year; a Board

                                  member may be re-elected Secretary with no other 

                                  restriction than that imposed upon the period of 

                                 consecutive Board membership.

                               d. The Treasurer shall have responsibility for all 

                                  funds of the Council and shall have authority to 

                                  disburse these funds for purposes authorized by the 

                                  Board or by the Council membership voting at the 

                                  Annual Business Meeting, and shall receive applications

                                  for membership in the Council. A record shall be 

                                  kept of all money received and all disbursements 

                                  made, and an annual report of the financial status 

                                  of the Council shall be submitted to the membership 

                                 at the Annual Business Meeting.

                                  The Treasurer shall serve for one year; a Board 

                                  member by be re-elected Treasurer with no other 

                                  restriction than that imposed upon the period of 

                                  consecutive Board membership.

                               e. The Survey Coordinator shall be responsible for 

                                  conducting an annual survey of institutional members

                                  to provide a profile of program characteristics. The

                                  results of this survey shall be reported to the 

                                  membership at the Annual Business Meeting.

               4. Meetings of the Board.

                               a. The Board shall meet at least twice a year, once at 

                                  the Annual Business Meeting of the Council, and once

                                  at some other time to be announced to the Council 

                                  membership by mail at least two weeks prior to such 

                                  meeting.

                               b. Any Council member, by writing to any member of the 

                                  Board, may bring to the attention of the Board any 

                                  matter the member wishes to have considered.

                               c. The Board shall have the authority to establish dues

                                  for the membership and to take whatever other means 

                                  it deems desirable to provide for the financial 

                                  support of the Council and its programs.

                               d. A quorum for Board meetings shall be six members. 

                                  The affirmative vote of at least five shall be 

                                  required to pass any motion.

                               e. All Board meetings are open to the members of the 

                                  Council. Council members shall not vote at Board 

                                  meetings but may be invited to speak by a majority 

                                  vote of the Board present.

                               f. Executive session: The Board, upon a two-thirds vote

                                  of its members present, may retire into executive 

                                  session.

Article V. Nominations and Elections.

               1. Nominations. A request for nominations for Board membership 

                  shall be distributed by mail between March 1 and March 15 

                  of each year. Institutional members may nominate the 

                  Training Director (or his/her designated representative) of 

                  any institutional member whose prior permission they have 

                  obtained. Nominations must be received by April 10. All 

                  nominating ballots shall be counted by at least two members 

                  of the Board. The Board in its entirety shall serve as a 

                  Nominating Committee and may nominate any additional 

                  individual who represents an eligible member of the Council 

                  whose prior permission has been obtained.

               2. Elections. All members nominated by the Board or by five 

                  Council members in the mail ballot shall be placed upon a 

                  preferential ballot which shall be mailed to members of the

                  Council between April 15 and May 1. Each ballot must contain

                  the nomination of at least six members for the three regular

                  vacancies. Names shall appear in alphabetical order with 

                  instructions to vote for three nominees. Ballots must be 

                  postmarked no later than May 15 to be counted. The Chair and

                  the Secretary of the Board shall count the ballots. Those 

                  three candidates with the highest number of votes shall be 

                  declared elected. Tie-votes shall be broken by a ballot of 

                  the Board. The membership of the Council shall be informed 

                  of the results of the election not later than the Annual 

                  Business Meeting.

               3. Vacancies. A vacancy occurring on the Board at other than 

                  the regular expiration date of a term shall be filled until 

                  the next annual election by a majority vote of the remaining

                  Board members. A Board member who ceases to be his or her 

                  institution's designee in the Council shall not be required 

                  to resign from the Board.

Article VI. Meetings of the Council.

               1. The Annual Business Meeting of the Council shall be held at 

                  the time of the annual convention of the American Psychological 

                  Association, and will be announced in the APA program.

               2. Special meetings of the Council shall be called by the Board

                  upon the request of at least 25% of the Council members, 

                  submitted in writing to the Chairperson of the Board. Special

                  meetings of the Council may also be called by a unanimous 

                  vote of the Board. The time and place of special meetings 

                  must be announced by mail within seven days after the 

                  receipt of the request by 25% of the members, or after a 

                  unanimous vote of the Board. Special meetings requested by 

                  25% or more of the Council members must be scheduled within 

                  one month after receipt of the request, or at a particular 

                  date proposed in the request, but not earlier than 14 days 

                  after the request has been received.

               3. Unless otherwise specified in this document, a majority vote

                  of the Council members present at any regular or special 

                  meeting shall be required to pass any motion.

               4. A Council member unable to attend the regular Annual Business

                  Meeting of the Council, or a special meeting of the Council,

                  may be represented by an alternate whom she/he must certify 

                  in writing to the Secretary in advance of the meeting.

               5. Minutes of the Board meetings during the year shall be 

                  distributed at the Annual Business Meeting of the Council, 

                  and in addition may be distributed by mail to members of the

                  Council on their request or as deemed necessary by the Board.

               6. Meetings of the Council shall be conducted in accordance with

                  Robert's Rules of Order.

               7. A secret, written ballot or roll call shall be taken on any 

                  motion at any regular or special meeting if requested by a 

                  Council member and seconded by a Council member. In the 

                  event that both methods of voting should be requested, the 

                  request of a written ballot shall take precedence. All 

                  written ballots shall be counted by the Secretary and at 

                  least one other member of the Council.

               

Article VII. Dues and Finances.

               1. Dues for the following year shall be payable before the 

                  Annual Business Meeting of the Council.

               2. The Board shall set the amount of dues charged and shall 

                  recommend at the Annual Business Meeting, for the approval 

                  of the membership, any changes in the amount of dues for the

                  next fiscal year.

               3. Individual members shall pay dues at the rate of not more 

                  than one-third the amount paid by institutional members.

               4. Informational-institutional members shall pay dues at the 

                  rate of not more than one-half the amount paid by institutional 

                  members.

               5. Any member who fails to pay dues for one year, and to whom 

                  notice of delinquency has been sent to the last known address, 

                  shall be dropped from membership.

               6. A member may resign by sending to the Treasurer a notice of 

                  resignation. A member who has resigned may be reinstated by 

                  paying the dues for the year in which reinstatement is 

                  requested.

Article VIII. Council Liaisons to Other Professional Groups.

               1. The Council shall provide from its membership liaison 

                  persons to other professional groups for the purpose of 

                  facilitating the exchange of information between the Council

                  and professional groups with overlapping interests. A list 

                  of those groups to whom liaison representatives are to be 

                  assigned will be determined annually by the Board. Liaison 

                  representatives shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

               2. The liaison representatives are responsible to maintain 

                  regular contact with representatives of the organization

                  named.

               3. The liaison representatives are responsible for making an 

                  annual report of their activities to be distributed to all 

                  Council members at the Annual Business Meeting.

Article IX. Amendments.

               1. Amendments or changes in these articles may be proposed by 

                  the Board, or by Council members at the Annual Business 

                  Meeting of the Council. A copy of the proposed amendments or

                  changes and a ballot shall be mailed to all members by the 

                  Secretary. A two-thirds majority of those voting on the 

                  mail ballot shall be required for the adoption of amendments

                  or changes.

Article X. Dissolution Policy. In the event that the Council of 

Counseling Psychology Training Programs is dissolved, the Treasurer is 

authorized to dispose of the remaining assets in the following manner:

               1. All outstanding bills and other financial obligations will 

                  be paid.

               2. Any monies remaining will be transferred to Division 17, The

                  Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological 

                  Association.

               3. If the APA is reorganized such that there is not a major 

                  unit, such as Division 17, representing counseling psychology,

                  then the monies will be transferred to the APA Minority 

                  Fellowship fund to be used for the education of counseling 

                  or other psychologists.

               4. The assets will be distributed as stated above if said 

                  organizations are then in existence and qualified as an 

                  exempt organization under section 501 (C) (3) of the Code. 

                  If Division 17, the Division of Counseling Psychology of the

                  American Psychological Association and/or the APA Minority 

                  Fellowship Fund has ceased to exist or is not there so 

                  qualified, then the assets shall be distributed exclusively 

                  to such organizations exempt under section 501 (C) (3) of 

                  the Internal Revenue Code.

Ratified: Spring, 1978

Revised: Spring, 1983

Amended: Fall, 1986

Amended: Fall, 1987

Revised: Spring 1989 - Spring 1990

Revised: February 1995

Amended: August 7, 2003